How Derek Lee's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Derek Lee posted a career BABIP of .172, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the BABIP arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the BABIP arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Derek Lee Lifetime BABIP

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Derek Lee
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Career0.172
Season Avg.0.172
162 Game Avg.0.172
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Derek Lee BABIP Per Season

Derek Lee's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Derek Lee BABIP per season line chart

Derek Lee BABIP by Team

Derek Lee's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Derek Lee career BABIP by team bar chart

Derek Lee BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Derek Lee's career BABIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Derek Lee BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Derek Lee BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Derek Lee's seasonal BABIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Derek Lee BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Derek Lee BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Derek Lee's MLB career with BABIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Derek Lee BABIP season-by-season breakdown table